Weekly Grain Seasonal Review

Thom Hartle – January 14, 2026

Each Wednesday this article will be updated with the current seasonal study using CQG's Seasonal analysis applied to the Soybean, Wheat and Corn markets. You can download the CQG pac providing the studies and charts here. In addition, the seasonal data lines can be pulled into Excel using RTD formulas.

Below each chart are two tables. The first table is the highest correlation of the current market data to the seasonal year using a 20-day, 50-day, 100-day and the 200-day lookback periods. The second table is the previous week's data. Seasonal analysis is about price direction or the trend.

Soybeans

Soybeans

This Week's Data    
Correlation Lookback (Days)2050100200
Seasonal Year Back with the Highest Correlation2_Yr                    
71.08
2_Yr                    
82.16
9_Yr                    
44.77
5_Yr                    
38.80
Last Week's Data    
Correlation Lookback (Days)2050100200
Seasonal Year Back with the Highest Correlation8_Yr                    
84.38
2_Yr                    
77.44
9_Yr                    
50.31
5_Yr                    
49.58

Wheat

Wheat

 

This Week's Data    
Correlation Lookback (Days)2050100200
Seasonal Year Back with the Highest Correlation4_Yr                    
42.18
3_Yr                    
76.22
10_Yr                    
37.44
9_Yr                    
88.62
Last Week's Data    
Correlation Lookback (Days)2050100200
Seasonal Year Back with the Highest Correlation1_Yr                    
53.06
1_Yr                    
71.30
9_Yr                    
35.83
9_Yr                    
88.86

Corn

Corn

This Week's Data    
Correlation Lookback (Days)2050100200
Seasonal Year Back with the Highest Correlation2_Yr                    
51.80
2_Yr                    
50.83
4_Yr                    
35.50
1_Yr                    
76.56
Last Week's Data    
Correlation Lookback (Days)2050100200
Seasonal Year Back with the Highest Correlation4_Yr                    
50.74
2_Yr                    
24.79
5_Yr                    
57.75
1_Yr                    
81.90

Disclaimer

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